“Liverpool are no different to every other club in world football besides two. If Barcelona or Real Madrid come for one of your players and pay what you want, they're going, because 99 per cent of players want to play for those two clubs.

“If that happens, it means, if they're unbelievable for Liverpool, then you have to thank him, as we did with Luis Suarez.”

Coutinho was unable to celebrate his long-term commitment last night though and help Liverpool overturn their EFL Cup semi-final deficit against Southampton.

Claude Puel’s side won 1-0 again at Anfield to deny Coutinho and Klopp’s men a place at Wembley next month.